Assimilation Common

the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family

"After years of living in the city, her children felt a deep sense of assimilation as they began to view themselves fully as members of the American national family."

the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

"The community celebrated as decades of assimilation finally allowed their traditions to blend seamlessly with those of the wider society."

the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion

"After a heavy meal, his body begins the slow work of assimilation to convert that food into energy for tomorrow."

a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound

"After years of living in the area, his pronunciation had undergone such complete assimilation that he now pronounced every 't' as if it were followed by an 'n'."

the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure

"The student struggled at first but eventually assimilated the complex theory by connecting it to concepts they already understood from their previous studies."

in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance

"When the child saw a cow, she applied her existing schema for four-legged animals rather than creating a new category."

The act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated.

"After moving to a new country, she spent years learning the language and customs as part of her full cultural assimilation."